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Genetics tests

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Test name
1p36 Deletion Syndrome – karyotype + CGH
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia CYP21A2)
22q11 & 10p14 deletion (Di George Syndrome) – BOBs only
22q11 & 10p14 deletion (Di George Syndrome) – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Achromatopsia NGS Panel
Adenomatous Polyposis NGS Panel
Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome NGS Panel
Alagille Syndrome NGS Panel
Alpha Thalassaemia – alpha globin gene sequencing + deletions/duplications
Alpha Thalassaemia – multiplex PCR for common large deletions
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Genotype – PI*M, PI*S, PI*Z
Alport Syndrome NGS Panel – full sequencing with deletions and duplications
Alzheimer and Dementia NGS Panel
AML/ALL Molecular MRD – NPM1, PML-RARA, CBFB-MYH11, RUNX1-RUNX1T1, ETV6-RUNX1
AmnioBOBs only – rapid aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes + common microdeletion syndromes
Amniocentesis – rapid BOBs aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (5 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Amniocentesis – rapid PCR diagnosis for common aneuploidies (2 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Amniocentesis culture (karyotype) only
AmnioPCR only – rapid common aneuploidy diagnosis by QF-PCR
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Motor Neurone Disease) NGS Panel
Androgen Insensitivity – AR gene sequencing
Angelman Syndrome (Primary Screen) – methylation test
Angelman/Rett Syndromes NGS Panel
Aniridia, Isolated – PAX6 gene sequencing + deletions/duplications
Anophthalmia/Microphthalmia/Coloboma NGS Panel
Apolipoprotein E genotype – E2/E3/E4
Array-CGH (Comparative Genomic Hybridisation) SNP array
Ashkenazi Breast Cancer Screen – common variants
Ashkenazi Jewish Carrier Screen
Ataxia NGS Panel
Autoinflammation/Periodic Fever NGS Panel
Azoospermia – karyotype + Y deletions + cystic fibrosis screen (+ polyT(5T) when clinically relevant)
B cell Clonality Assay (IgH and IgK)
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome NGS Panel
Batten Disease (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis) NGS Panel
BCR-ABL Diagnostic Assay
BCR/ABL Quantitative – fusion gene sizes p190 + p210
Becker/Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – deletions/duplications
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome – methylation studies on 11p15 imprinting domains KvDMR + H19
Behcet’s Disease – HLA Tissue Typing B*51
Beta Thalassaemia – beta-globin gene sequencing + deletions/duplications
Bleeding and Platelet Gene Panel
Blood PCR for Chromosome 13, 18, 21 and sex chromosomes
Breast Cancer – BRCA1 + BRCA2 genes only
Breast Cancer Ashkenazi Screen – common variants
Breast Cancer NGS Panel
Brugada Syndrome/Long QT Syndrome NGS Panel
C-KIT D816V variant – Mastocytosis
CADASIL – NOTCH3 gene sequencing
CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of Kidney & Urinary Tract) NGS Panel
Cancer, Comprehensive NGS Panel
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated NGS Panel
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic NGS Panel
Cardiovascular, Comprehensive NGS Panel
Carrier Screen (Ashkenazi Jewish)
Carrier Screen (Ashkenazi Jewish) – Partnered Report
Carrier Screen (Pan-Ethnic)
Carrier Screen (Pan-Ethnic) – Partnered Report
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome NGS Panel
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 1A – PMP22 duplications
CHARGE Syndrome – CHD7 gene sequencing
Cholestasis NGS Panel
Chromosome Analysis (Amniocentesis) – culture only
Chromosome Analysis (Amniocentesis) – rapid BOBs aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (5 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Chromosome Analysis (Amniocentesis) – rapid PCR diagnosis for common aneuploidies (2 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Chromosome Analysis (Blood)
Chromosome Analysis (Chorionic Villus) – rapid BOBs aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (5 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Chromosome Analysis (Chorionic Villus) – rapid PCR diagnosis for common aneuploidies (2 days) + culture (10-15 days)
Chromosome Analysis (Chorionic Villus) – culture only
Chromosome Analysis (Products of Conception)
Chromosome Analysis (Products of Conception) – BOBs rapid aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (10 days) + culture (25 days)
Chromosome Analysis (Solid Tissue)
Chromosome Y Deletion – AZFa, AZFb, AZFc + SRY
Coeliac Disease – HLA DQ2/DQ8 Genotype
Colorectal Cancer NGS Panel
Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (CGH) SNP array
Congenital Absence of Vas Deferens – karyotype + Y deletions + cystic fibrosis screen (+ polyT(5T) when clinically relevant)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia NGS Panel
Congenital Myopathy NGS Panel
Connective Tissue Disorders NGS Panel
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome NGS Panel
Craniosynostosis NGS Panel
Cri du Chat Syndrome – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Cri du Chat Syndrome – BOBs only
CVS PCR for common aneuploidies (2 days) + culture (10-15 days)
CVSBOBs – rapid BOBs aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (5 days) + culture (10-15 days)
CVSBOBs only – rapid aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes + common microdeletion syndromes
Cystic Fibrosis (139 common variants) – reflex to Poly T when required
Cytochrome P450 2C19
Diabetes – Obesity NGS Panel
DiGeorge Syndrome (22q11 & 10p14 deletion) – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
DiGeorge Syndrome (22q11 & 10p14) – BOBs only
Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase deficiency screening (Fluoropyrimidine Toxicity)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy NGS Panel
DNA Extraction & Storage – 3 years (longer upon request)
DNA Identity Profile – 15 STR markers
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – deletions/duplications only
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – full sequencing DMD1 gene
DVT/Pre-travel Screen
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome NGS Panel
Endometrial Cancer NGS Panel
Epidermolysis Bullosa NGS Panel
Epilepsy, Adolescent/Adult Onset Panel
Epilepsy, Comprehensive NGS Panel
Fabry Disease, X-linked – GLA gene sequencing
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystropy (FSHD) – D4Z4 repeat deletion
Factor II Prothrombin – G20210A Variant
Factor V Leiden – G1691A Variant
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia NGS panel
Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcaemia (FHH) Panel
Familial Mediterranean fever MEFV gene sequencing
Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma – hotspot sequencing RET gene
Fatty Acid Oxidation Deficiency NGS Panel
FLT3-ITD and FLT3-TKD screening assay
Fragile X Syndrome screen – FMR1 repeat analysis PCR
Friedreich Ataxia – frataxin gene repeat analysis
Gaucher Disease full gene sequencing
Genetic Reproductive Profile (Male)
Gilbert Syndrome – common UGT1A1 repeat variation
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency – full G6PD gene sequencing
Glycogen storage disease type 2 (Pompe) variant analysis
Haemochromatosis – HFE common variants C282Y + H63D
Haemophilia A (Factor VIII deficiency) – CVS
Haemophilia B (Factor IX deficiency) – CVS
Hearing Loss NGS Panel
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer NGS Panel
Hereditary Comprehensive Cancer NGS Panel
Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy – PMP22 deletion analysis
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Comprehensive NGS Panel
HFE gene (Haemochromatosis) – common variants C282Y + H63D
Hirschprung Disease NGS Panel
HLA Tissue Typing A
HLA Tissue Typing A+B
HLA Tissue Typing A+B+C (Class I)
HLA Tissue Typing A/B/DRB1/3/4/5
HLA Tissue Typing A/B/DRB1/3/4/5/DQB1
HLA Tissue Typing A/B/C/DRB1/3/4/5/DQB1 (Class I & II)
HLA Tissue Typing B
HLA Tissue Typing B*27 only
HLA Tissue Typing B*51 (Behcet’s Disease)
HLA Tissue Typing B*57:01 high resolution
HLA Tissue Typing C
HLA Tissue Typing Coeliac Disease – DQ2/DQ8
HLA Tissue Typing DRB1/3/4/5
HLA Tissue Typing DRB1/3/4/5/DQB1 (Class II)
HLA Tissue Typing Narcolepsy – DQB1*06:02
Huntington Disease – HD gene repeat analysis PCR
Hyperinsulinism NGS Panel
Hyperparathyroidism – CASR sequencing
Identity Profile (DNA) – 15 STR markers
IDH1/2 Screening Assay
IgVH variant analysis for CLL
Inherited bleeding and platelet disorders (R90)
Intellectual Disability NGS Panel
Iron Overload Profile
Joubert/Meckel-Gruber Syndrome NGS Panel
Kallmann Syndrome NGS Panel
Kennedy Disease (Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy) – AR repeat expansion
Kidney/Urinary Tract Comprehensive Cancer NGS Panel
Lactose Intolerance Gene
Langer-Giedion Syndrome – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Langer-Giedion Syndrome – BOBs only
Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy – m.3460G>A + m.11778G>A + m.14484T>C common variants
Leukaemia (Rapid Acute) DNA and RNA NGS Panel
Leukaemia Fusion Gene Screening Assay (Q30)
Leukaemia/Lymphoma RNA Sequencing (Fusion Gene and SNV/Indel) Panel
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (p53-related cancer predisposition) – TP53 sequencing + MLPA
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) NGS Panel
Lissencephaly NGS Panel
Long QT Syndrome/Brugada Syndrome NGS Panel
Lung Disorders NGS Panel
Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC) NGS Panel
Lysosomal Storage Disorders NGS Panel – full gene sequencing
Male Genetic Reproductive Profile
Marfan Syndrome – FBN1 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Marfan Syndrome and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection NGS Panel
Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) Diabetes NGS Panel
Meckel-Gruber/Joubert Syndrome NGS Panel
Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency – ACADM sequencing
Melanoma Comprehensive Cancer NGS Panel
Microdeletion (common) Syndromes – BOBs only
Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia/Coloboma NGS Panel
Miller-Dieker Syndrome – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Miller-Dieker Syndrome – BOBs only
Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing
Motor Neurone Disease (Amylotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) NGS Panel
MTHFR – common C677T + A1298C variants
Mucopolysaccharidosis NGS Panel
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 – full MEN1 sequencing
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 – RET gene hotspot sequencing
Myeloid Gene Panel
Myeloproliferative Neoplasm NGS Screening Panel
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 – DMPK repeat PCR
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 (PROMM) – ZNF9 repeat PCR
Narcolepsy (HLA DQB1*06:02)
Nephrotic Syndrome, Steroid-Resistant NGS Panel
Nervous System/Brain Cancer NGS Panel
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 – NF1 + SPRED1 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease) NGS Panel
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) – common aneuploidy screening from maternal blood
Noonan Syndrome and RASopathies NGS Panel
Nystagmus, X-linked Infantile – FRMD7 gene sequencing
Osteogenesis Imperfecta NGS Panel
Ovarian Cancer NGS Panel
p53-related cancer predisposition (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome) – TP53 sequencing + MLPA
Pancreatic Cancer NGS Panel
Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma NGS Panel
Parkinson-Alzheimer-Dementia NGS Panel
Paternity Testing (postnatal and prenatal) – sample required from each person being tested (3 people)
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease – PLP1 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Pendred Syndrome – SLC26A4 gene sequencing
Periodic Fever/Autoinflammation NGS Panel
Peutz-Jegher Syndrome – STK11 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome – karyotype + FISH
Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma NGS Panel
POLG-Related Disorders – full POLG sequencing + deletions and duplications
Polycystic Kidney NGS Panel
Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia NGS Panel
Postnatal SNP Array CGH
Prader-Willi Syndrome (Primary Screen) – methylation test
Prenatal Diagnosis (BOBs + Culture)
Prenatal SNP Array CGH
Pre-Travel Screen (DVT)
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) NGS Panel
Primary Hyperoxaluria NGS Panel
Products of Conception – rapid BOBs aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes (10 days) + culture (25 days)
Products of Conception (BOBs + Culture)
Products of Conception BOBs only – rapid aneuploidy diagnosis for all chromosomes
Prostate Cancer NGS Panel
QF-PCR rapid common aneuploidy screen
Recurrent Miscarriage Profile (female)
Renal Cysts and Diabetes (RCAD) – HNF-1β sequencing exons 1-9 and dosage analysis by MLPA
Renal/Urinary Tract Cancer NGS Panel
Retinoblastoma – RB1 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Rett Syndrome (MECP2 gene only) – full sequencing + deletions/duplications
Rett/Angelman Syndromes NGS Panel
Short-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency – ACADS sequencing
Short Stature – SHOX variant screening + deletions/duplications
Silver-Russell Syndrome – methylation studies on 11p15 imprinting domains KvDMR + H19
Skeletal Dysplasia NGS Panel
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome – DHCR7 sequencing
Smith-Magenis Syndrome – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Smith-Magenis Syndrome – BoBs only
Sotos Syndrome (Cerebral Gigantism) – NSD1 sequencing + deletions/duplications
Spastic Paraplegia NGS Panel
Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (Kennedy Disease) – AR repeat analysis
Spinal Muscular Atrophy – SMN1 deletions/duplications
Spinocerebellar Ataxia – multiplex SCA1+2+3+6+7+8+10+12 +17 common repeat expansions
Spinocerebellar Ataxia NGS Panel
SRY (Sex-determining Region Y)
Systemic Mastocystosis – C-Kit common variants (KIT D816V)
T cell Clonality Assay (TCR beta and TCR gamma)
Tay Sachs Screen
Thrombophilia with a likely monogenic cause (R97)
Thrombotic Risk Profile
Thyroid Cancer NGS Panel
Treacher Collins Syndrome and Related Disorders NGS Panel
Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC1 + TSC2)
Urinary Tract/Renal Cancer NGS Panel
Usher Syndrome NGS Panel
Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency – ACADVL sequencing
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome – VHL sequencing + deletions/duplications
Whole Genome Sequencing (solo/duo/trio)
Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome – BOBs (5 days) + karyotype (15 days)
Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome – BOBs only
Y chromosome microdeletions – AZFa + AZFb + AZFc + SRY
Zellweger Syndrome NGS Panel
Ziwig Endotest®
Zygosity Testing – comparative DNA profile